2023 Best of Year Winner for Large Country House

Perched on a rocky cliff, the four abodes comprising this 34,000-square-foot, 1 ½-acre compound were conceived as an extension of the adjacent nature preserve in La Peña, Mexico. For starters, Iua Ignacio Urquiza Arquitectos and APDA engaged in comprehensive research to assure the structures’ siting would have minimal impact on the botanic surroundings. Full-height sliding glass walls and boulders integrated into the architecture further that aim. The complex is accessed by a small cobble-stone street, which leads to a central square where folks leave their cars and proceed on foot to their home, each a unique twist on the same set of modules, with interiors customized per owners’ preferences via ceramic artisans, goldsmiths, marble workers, cabinet makers, and other craftspeople who collaborated to interpret Mexico’s storied vocabulary and its future development.

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PROJECT TEAM

IUA IGNACIO URQUIZA ARQUITECTOS: IGNACIO URQUIZA SEOANE; MICHELA LOSTIA DI SANTA SOFIA; ANA LAURA OCHOA; ANET CARMONA; SACHA BOURGAREL.

APDA: ANA PAULA DE ALBA.